November 10, 2014 by Ryan K. Lee •
Civil War,
Dixie Cotton Mission,
Gold Rush,
Joseph Smith,
martyrdom,
Missouri,
Mormon Battalion,
St. George,
Sutter's Mill,
Utah
This week we are highlighting another item from our 19th Century Mormon and Western Manuscripts that was digitized this past year: the (Auto)biography of Samuel Miles. Samuel Miles Jr., son of Samuel Miles Sr. and Prudence Marks, was born on April 8, 1826 in Attica, New York. During the winter of 1833-1834, after moving to …
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February 8, 2010 by Cory Nimer •
Captain,
convert,
Dan Jones,
History,
Immigrant,
Joseph Smith,
Maid of Iowa,
martyrdom,
Missionary,
Mississippi,
Mormon,
Nauvoo,
Printing,
Prophecy,
Prophwyd y Jubili,
publication,
Udgorn Seion,
Wales,
Welsh,
Wilford Woodruff
Capt. Dan Jones – missionary to Wales To celebrate the bi-centennial year of the birth of Capt. Dan Jones, the well known missionary to Wales, the L. Tom Perry Special Collections of the Brigham Young University Library is hosting an exhibition of many of his writings and publications. (Special Collections is located on the first …
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